Supporting Breakthrough Research and Student Opportunities

GTRI Director's Chair

The Director serves as the CEO of nearly 1,200 employees, in six states and Ireland. Leading multiple labs, diverse research talent, and ambitious teams working on disruptive technologies in the defense and commercial sector requires diplomacy, agility, and flexibility. Permanent endowment is essential to providing the current Director funding to adapt to dynamic opportunities that arise, to providing a future Director the tools necessary to react swiftly to future needs, and to remaining competitive with peer institutions.

Named Endowment

From $2,500,000

Alumni Lab

Key stakeholders have called for the creation of an alumni lab connecting past GTRI researchers and employees with current research and researchers to share expertise, experience, and insights. Plans call for alumni outreach through interactive web technology, on-campus visits, advisory boards, and one-on-one mentoring.

Named Endowment

From $2,000,000

Rising Star Young Researcher Chair

This chair, which rotates on a two-year basis, allows an especially promising early career researcher to devote 50% of his or her time to a strategic global challenge or industry issue. Selection will be highly competitive, with preference given to research aligned with GTRI strategic research priorities or by interest areas determined by the donor.

Named Endowment

From $1,500,000

Next Generation Researcher Fund

Nurturing a diverse workforce of young people who have a passion for science, math, and technology will be critical to the future success of GTRI. To encourage young people to seek a career in applied science and to keep the pipeline of talent open to people from traditionally underrepresented groups, GTRI will seek collaborations with Agnes Scott College, Spelman College, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) to develop additional pathways to applied research careers.

Named Endowment

From $1,500,000

Students Solving Real-World Problems

Regional Applied Research Internship

Huntsville, Alabama

This internship provides opportunities for students to live and work in Huntsville on real-world applied research projects side-by-side with government and industry.

Named Endowments

From $125,000

Undergraduate Applied Research Internship

Atlanta, Georgia

This internship provides opportunities for students to live and work in Atlanta and Cobb County on real-world applied research projects side-by-side with government and industry.

Named Endowments

From $125,000

International Applied Research Internship

Athlone, Ireland

This internship provides opportunities for students to live and work in Ireland on real-world applied re-search projects, side-by-side with industry and Irish government officials.

Named Endowments

From $200,000

Savannah International Applied Research Internship

Athlone, Ireland

This internship gives students from Georgia Tech Savannah or students from other GT campuses who reside in the Savannah area the opportunity to live and work in Ireland on real-world applied research projects focusing on economic development.

Named Endowments

From $200,000

Diversity Applied Research Internship

Atlanta and Athlone

This internship provides opportunities for undergraduate women and minority students to work at GTRI applied research facilities on real-world applied research projects side-by-side with government and industry. Each intern is matched with a mentor who offers career advice and additional networking opportunities.

Named Endowments

From $200,000

Applied Studies Program

The Applied Studies Program at Georgia Tech connects students with businesses to solve real problems collaboratively. Student participants are recruited across Georgia Tech colleges and from other Georgia and internationally affiliated universities. These students enroll in special problems or advanced design courses and receive university credits. Multidisciplinary student teams are created and matched with problems brought to the Applied Studies Program from customers of the program.

Named Endowment

From $25,000

High School Problem-Solver Scholarship

This fund establishes an annual national competition for innovation in problem solving. The winner will receive a scholarship and a paid applied research internship in a GTRI facility in the U.S.

Named Endowment

From $500,000

Support new research frontiers

Venture research funds provide early-stage internal seed money to test dual-use technology ideas and to spur innovation. This research can spur advancements that make the world a better place for everyone.

Project selection is highly competitive. Priority research initiatives include:

• Biotechnology and healthcare applications
• Energy
• Digital media and Internet protocol television
• Interactive education technology
• Strategic global challenges

Strategic global challenges will become research priorities based on donor interest and investment. Researchers immersed in serious issues of national defense welcome the opportunity to apply their expertise to improving lives.

GTRI interdisciplinary teams focus on the big picture. They have discovered that it is rarely a technological solution alone that solves a problem. They recognize that a deep understanding of the practical issues at hand, the limitations of the people on the ground, and the availability of resources make or break an innovation. GTRI solves complex problems.

Funding

From $100,000 in annual expendable funds, to $1,000,000 to permanently endow and name a venture research fund.

Through our international location, Georgia Tech Ireland (GT Ireland), we now work hand-in-hand with the Irish government’s industrial development agency, IDA Ireland. When you support GT Ireland, you help bring new ideas to reality for companies on both sides of the Atlantic.

International Applied Research Internship

Athlone, Ireland

This internship provides opportunities for students to live and work in Ireland on real-world applied research projects, side-by-side with industry and Irish government officials.

Named Endowments

From $200,000

Georgia Tech Ireland Executive Director Chair

The executive director is the CEO of a startup venture and will work closely with the Irish government; leaders of multinational companies and their Irish subsidiaries; economic development officials in Ireland and the U.S.; university presidents in Ireland; and top Georgia Tech officials. Recruiting and retaining a top leader will require that the executive director have discretionary funds available to build high-level relationships and to develop programs. GT Ireland is expected to grow to a staff of 50 in the next five years.

Named Endowment

From $1,500,000

Savannah International Applied Research Internship

Athlone, Ireland

This internship gives students from Georgia Tech Savannah or students from other GT campuses who reside in the Savannah area the opportunity to live and work in Ireland on real-world applied research projects focusing on economic development.

Named Endowments

From $200,000